Remembering Opiata Odindo

Odindo Opiata passed away in Nairobi, Kenya on 16 August 2014. Opiata was a leader in the field of human rights and social justice not only in Kenya but globally. He joined the Board of Directors of the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in 2013 after serving on our International Advisory Council and attending our initial Strategy Meeting in 2011. We will always be incredibly grateful for his wisdom, insights and support of our work. Opiata was always such an inspiration to us and we’ll always know how lucky we were to have him as a friend.

Opiata was one of the earliest leaders in the economic, social and cultural rights movement in Kenya and beyond. He was a driving force behind work to combat forced evictions, as a lawyer for Kituo Cha Sheria carrying out litigation against forced evictions even when he knew the chances of success were minimal, and then as the founder of Hakijamii – the Centre for Economic and Social Rights – which he founded in 2005 and which pioneered the work of facilitating the mobilisation of activists in informal settlements around the struggle for the realisation of their rights to housing, water and sanitation and other economic and social rights. He was also involved in the work of ESCR-Net for many years, including on the Steering Committee of the Working Group on Strategic Litigation.

We know that Hakijamii and all of the others organizations and persons he’s influenced over the years will carry on his work, and his legacy will only grow.

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What are the #AbidjanPrinciples? Join our double panel at #CIES2019 tomorrow at 1:30 & 3:15 to learn more.

As countries grapple with serious challenges of access & quality in #education, PPPs are on the rise. With the new #AbidjanPrinciples on the #Right2Education, what does this mean for the role of @GPforEducation and @WorldBank?
Join the discussion Thursday, April 11, 3:30-5 PM

In case you missed it, the #AbidjanPrinciples are now available!
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Day two of the conference on the text of the #AbidjanPrinciples
Join us for the closing ceremony of the #AbidjanPrinciples Wednesday, 13 February @ 6pm GMT
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What are the #abidjanprinciples on the right to education?
#HumanRights #education

On 12-13 of Feb #Education & #HumanRights Experts will meet to strengthen the right to access free quality public education in the context of growing private sector involvement in education.
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We have a new joint statement with @landesaglobal!
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New report on Privatisation and Commercialisation of Education in Mauritania Available at: http://bit.ly/2QVC2VL
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Join us! Tomorrow 23 October - 'Privatisation of Education and Health: The Global
and West Africa Context' at #ForumACHPR63 side event #Banjul

We are at the NGO Forum in preparation of 63rd session of #ACHPR. Looking forward to bringing awareness on #privatisation of social services!

Learn how to assess the impact of private sector on the right to #health.
Check out @asheenah poster presentation at #HSR2018
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New report highlights dangers of using PPPS for public service provision, including #education & #health 👉 Read more https://t.co/3TfpOWvzXr
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We are very excited to announce the release of the first edition of the CESCR Yearbook, for 2017! Find out more @globalinitiative-escr.org/cescr-yearbook/
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The online public consultation is open until 30 September 2018! Learn more: Bit.ly/2N39qv8
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Members of the Drafting Committee for the Human Rights Guiding Principles on Private Actors in Education met in Geneva to review the draft and comments, and prepare for the next stage of consultations. Follow us @giescr for updates!